2. PTGOSCELJS. 



633 



Eudvptes adelife, G. H. Gray, Gen. B. iii. p. 641 (1846); Reichenb. 



Natatores, pi. i. lig. 5 (1850); Cassm, U.S. Expl. Rcped. p. 352 



(1858) ; G. R. Gray, Hand-l. B. iii. p. 99 (1871) ; id. Voy. Erebus 



^ Terror, Birds, pi. 28 (1875). 

 Aptenodytes longicaudata, Peale, Zool. U.S. E.rpl. Exped., Birds, 



p. 261, pi. 70. fig. 2 (1848) [lat. 64° 40' S., long. 103° 4' E.]. 

 Spheniscus adeliae, Reichenb. JSatatores, pi. cclxiv. fig. 2219 (1850) ; 



Schley. 3Ius. Pays-Bas, vi. Urinat. p. 4 (1867) [Adelie Land ; 



Victoria Land]. 

 Dasyramphus adeliag, Hombron 8c Jacquinot, Voy. Pole Sitd, Zool. iii. 



p. 155, pi. 33. fig. 1 (1853) ; Donald, P. R. Soc. Edinb. xx. p. 170 



(1894) [South Shetlands; Joinville Land; Danger Is.]; id. P. R 



Phys. Soc. Edinb. xii. p. 331 (1894). 

 Dasyrhamphus herculis, Finsch, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 322, pi. xxv. 



[immature from Antarctic Seas]; Salvad. Atti Ace. Torino, ix. 



p. 634 (1874). 

 Eudyptes herculis, G. R. Gray, Hand-l, B. iii. p. 99 (1871). 

 PYgoscelis adeliae, Hyatt, P. Bost. Soc. xiv. p. 250 (1872) ; Corns, 

 'p. Ac. Philad. 1872, p. 196 ; Sclater, Ibis, 1894, p. 499. 



Adult. General colour of the upper parts as in P. papua ; 

 feathers covering the nostrils, forehead, and top of the head like the 

 back, each feather with a bluish-grey extremity ; sides of the head, 

 chin, and throat brownish-black, the black terminating in a sharp 

 point on the base of the throat ; rest of the underparts pure white. 

 Upper surface of flippers like the back, the inner edge only margined 

 with white ; under surface white, edged externally with black and 

 with a terminal blotch of the same colour. Tail composed of 14 

 feathers. Total length about 30 inches, culmen from nasal feathers 

 to tip I'l, from gape to tip 2-2, flipper from shoulder to tip 7, 

 tail 7, middle toe and claw 3'25. 



Immature. Differs in having the bill much smaller, the throat 

 white like the rest of the underparts, and the black patch on the 

 under surface of the flipper wanting. 



Hah. Antarctic continent : Adelie Land, South Victoria Land, 

 South Shetlands, Joinville I., Danger I., and Louis Philippe Land, 



a. Imm. sk. 



b. Imm. sk. 



c. 2 ad. sk. 



d. e. (S ad. 

 et St. 



/. Ad. sk. 



sk. 



g. Ad. sk. 

 h. Ad. sk. 

 i. 2 ad. sk. 



Antarctic Seas, Dec. 22. 

 Antarctic Sea.s, lat. 72° S. 

 Antarctic Seas, lat. 72° S. 

 Antarctic Seas, lat. 64° S. 



Pack Ice, Antarctic Seas {R. 



McCorntick). 

 Possession Island, Victoria 



Land, Jan. 12 {R. McC). 

 Ice off Louis Philippe Land, 



Jan. 17 {R. Mc.C.). 

 Ice oft' Louis Philippe Land, 



Jan. 1. 



k-m. Skeletons. Antarctic Seas. 



Antarctic Exped. 

 Antarctic Exped. 

 Antarctic Exped. 

 Antarctic Exped. 



McCormick Bequest. 



McCormick Bequest. 



McCormick Bequest. 



Antarctic Exped. 



Antarctic Exped. 



